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Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend

Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend

1961 · 94 min · ★ 9.5 · Comedy, Drama

During World War II, the Frenchman Léon Garros and Boris Vaganov escape from the Nazi concentration camp. After 15 years, Léon, who became a journalist, and his friends came to the USSR to make a report and find Boris in the meantime. In Moscow he doesn't found, and for the sake of meeting with a friend, Garros has to travel around the country by car... The foreigners are accompanied by Nikolai, the translator, who, in turn, is looking for his brother's runaway bride, Natasha.

Directed by Marcello Pagliero · Written by Michel Cournot

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